Howay or Haway is braidly comparable tae the invocation "Come on!" or the French "Allez!" ("Go on!"), "Howay" an "Haway" bein the geordie an 'mackem' derivatives o the same wird, respectively. Ensaumples o common uise include Howay man! or Haway man!, meanin "come on" or "hurry up", Howay the lads! or Haway the lads! as a term o encouragement for a sports team for ensaumple, or Ho'way!? (wi stress on the seecont seellable) expressin incredulity or disbelief.[1] The literal opposite o this wird is "Haddaway" (gang awa), that isnae as popular as Howay, but haes foond frequent uise in the phrase "Haddaway an' shite" (Tom Hadaway, Figure 5.2 Haddaway an' shite; ’Cursing like sleet blackening the buds, raging at the monk of Jarrow scribbling his morality and judgement into a book.’[2]).

Divvie or divvy seems tae come frae the Co-op dividend,[3] or frae the twa Davy lamps (the mair dangerous explosive Scotch Davy[4] uised in 1850, commission disapproved o its uise in 1886. (inventor isnae kent, an nicknamed Scotch Davy probably gien by miners efter the Davy lamp wis makkit aiblins by north aest miners that uised the Stephenson Lamp[5][6]), an the later better designed Davy designed by Humphrey Davy cried the Divvy an aw.[7]) As in a north aest miner sayin ‘Marra, ye keep way from me if ye usin a divvy.' It seems the wird divvie then translated tae daft lad/lass. Aiblins comin frae the fact ye’d be seen as foolish tae gang doun a mine wi a Scotch Divvy whan there are safer lamps oot, like the Geordie, or the Davy.

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↑Smiles, Samuel (1859). The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer. p. 120. As to the value of the invention of the safety lamp, there could be no doubt; and the colliery owners of Durham and Northumberland, to testify their sense of its importance, determined to present a testimonial to its inventor.

↑Trotter Brockett, John (1829). A glossary of north country words, in use. From an original manuscript, with additions(PDF). Oxford University. p. 214. NEDDY, NETTY, a certain place that will not bear a written explanation; but which is depleted to the very life in a tail-piece in the first edition of Bewick’s Land Birds, p. 285. In the second edition a bar is placed against the offending part of this broad display of native humour. Etymon needy, a place of need or necessity.

↑YAM narrated by author Douglas Kew. 2007-07-29. Retrieved 2008-01-02. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS IS ENGLISH!? "YAM" Pitmatic poem from a Trimdon Lad. From the book "A TRAVELER'S TALE" by Douglas Kew.; DouglasKew TRIMDON Poet YAM pitmatic Geordieline feed character in |quote= at position 35 (help)